Premise:
"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip that started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny Ship. The mate was a mighty sailin' man, the Skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour.

The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost.

The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle with Gilligan, the Skipper too, a Millionaire and his wife, a movie star, the Professor and Mary Ann, here on Gilligan's Isle."

Characters:
- Gilligan (Bob Denver) was the hapless, but lovable, first mate.
- Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.) was the captain of the SS Minnow.
- Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus) was a millionaire.
- Lovey Howell (Natalie Schafer) was his wife.
- Ginger (Tina Louise) was an aspiring movie star.
- The Professor (Russell Johnson) was, well, a professor who came up with gadgets.
- Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) was a beautiful and somewhat näive farmgirl from Kansas.